Big Buddha

-Dora-

Here are some more pictures from around campus. Most of them are views from the walk between our dorms to the academic building on campus. There is even a little blue sky in some of the pictures which has been rare; I think it is normally hot with overcast. The humidity has been around 90% most days, you always feel sticky when you're outside.

The pictures below are from the beach that is about a five minute bus ride from campus. The water wasn't very clear, but the scenery was beautiful. There are beaches all around Hong Kong, some better than others.

We also walked along the Avenue of Stars again in the evening. From this area you get a great view of the city and all of the big buildings. At 8:00 every night they city puts on a laser light show. They have many of the major buildings participate in this show. Basically they have lasers on the tops of the buildings and colorful lights covering them. When the show starts they introduce off of the participating buildings. It was really funny because they did it like a sports line up. After they announce the building it would flash all its lights! We could get any really good pictures but the link below takes you to the tourist website that gives you a better idea of what it’s like.

http://www.tourism.gov.hk/symphony/

We also visited the Big Buddha and the Po Lin Monastery. It is a 34 meter high Bronze Buddha, which sits on the top of a plateau on one of the surrounding islands.